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Planetouched, Genasi (Smoke)

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Personality: Shadows of the Vapors are a pairing of a Smoke Elemental race and a humanoid race. Much like the Vapor Gensai, they aren't well thought of on the Plane of Smoke. Grudgingly, the more natural inhabitants let them roam the Plane and have a case there. Most of the time, the Smoke Genasi get tired of it and roam the Planes.They are very curious, like other para/quasi Genasi. They also like being around crowds of people. They have an aversion to open spaces, not total agoraphobes, but they love big cities. Ones who find Sigil, never want to leave. (The Smog reminds them of home.)By: Mark RobertsImported from a previous version of Planewalker.com
Physical Description: Smoke Genasi always have a faint odour of smoke about them, and this odour can often indicate their mood. The pleasant odour of smoked cedar, for instance, may indicate that the Smoke Genasi is in a generous mood, while a sharp and acrimoniously smoky odour might indicate anger or jealousy. Additionally, Smoke Genasi will have one or more of the following:
  • Dark gray hair that moves of its own accord like smoke coming off a fire
  • Mottled gray skin which seems to change coloring and pattern from moment to moment
  • A choking, coughing tone to their speech
    • Relations: Smoke Genasi like people of all sorts. Fiends and Celestials both fascinate them. Not that they tend for evil, but they adore the "musk" that some fiends wear.
    Alignment: Lawful Good
    Lands: They prefer large urban cities. Even adventuring Smoke Genasi have cases in Sigil. Not many of them stay at home, due to their inate curiousity and the disdain shown to them from the Smoke Elementals.
    Religion: Smoke Genasi don't really worship any specific deities. Many of them are in the Godsmen. (Or Mind's Eye if this is Post Faction War.) So if they do worship, it can be of any deity or race of Power.
    Language: Smoke Genasi know common and most of the languages of races on the Plane of Smoke.
    Names: None
    Male Names: None
    Female Names: None
    Family Names: None
    Adventurers: As listed above, they love the urban life so many do not become adventurers. Those rare ones that do like to go out and explore other urban cities on the Planes, be they in the upper or lower planes.
    Racial Traits:
  • Smoke Genasi receive a +2 bonus to Dexterity and Intelligence, and a -2 penalty to Strength and Constitution.
  • They're immune to the effects of normal flame, but take normal damage from magical flames. However, they receive a +1 bonus to their saving throws vs. magical fire every 5 experience levels.
  • They can also breathe smoke without penalty and suffer only half-damage from magical clouds (like Stinking Cloud). Note that this only applies to those magical clouds which require inhalation before the detrimental effects occur. Spells like Cloudkill work by contact, not inhalation, and thus Smoke Genasi aren't any more resistant to these spells than anybody else.
  • Smoke Genasi can create a Wall of Smoke once per day. This is identical to the Wizard spell Wall of Fog, except that a barrier of smoke is created. Creatures within this barrier suffer no damage, but must spend the same number of rounds recovering (clearing their eyesight, regaining their breath, and so forth) that they spent inside the Wall of Smoke, unless they prepared for it (by holding their breath, perhaps, or breathing through a wet rag).
  • Favored Class: Rogue
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